Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Lots of women read fiction. Most men don't. Women read fiction written by women and by men. Most men don't. If a… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Reading the several thousand pages of Christopher Isherwood's complete journals is an instructive corrective to the prissiness of reading fiction. Isherwood had… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Dad always said that he had enough trouble sorting the fiction out of so-called facts, without reading fiction. He always said that… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
It's too easy to unconsciously echo another novelist's voice while reading fiction, a habit of mimicry I probably picked up as a… — Greg Iles Copy Share Image
“I thought it was amazing that I could get a diploma just for reading fiction. It was like being able to major… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
Even as a little kid, I told lots of stories, and I wrote them down, and I loved reading fiction and fantasy. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
I'm terrible at reading fiction. I don't have the attention span - it's awful. — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
No one can teach writing, but classes may stimulate the urge to write. If you are born a writer, you will inevitably… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Movies feel like work, and reading fiction feels like work, whereas reading nonfiction feels like pleasure. — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
And I am pretty sure that's the point of reading fiction -- so someone else can say in a way you never… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
I love reading fiction about people who are connecting intellectually. I find that exhilarating. — Lily King Copy Share Image
When reading fiction, we cannot automatically assume that what we read is fact. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Oh no, real life is escape. The great terrors, the horrors--we hope--of your life come from reading fiction. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
